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G8 Government Leaders

Government Leaders of Countries in the G8

Updated: 07/05/08

The G8 is an informal group of eight countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. The European Union also participates in the economic and political talks of this group as an observer, but does not host the summit.

Country Name Title
Canada Stephen Harper Prime Minister
French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy President
Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel Chancellor
Republic of Italy Silvio Berlusconi Prime Minister
Japan Yasuo Fukuda Prime Minister
Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev President
United Kingdom Gordon Brown Prime Minister
United States Barack Obama President


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